1998 Ford Ranger Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“The plastic headlight lens are severely cloudy, a lot worse as time time goes on....years ago, when I bought the truck they were clear, now they are very - very opac, cloudy, so bad that you can't even see the headlight bulb ! There are many vehicles that have the same problem! So many, in fact that the part store aftermarket industries have come out with a restoration kit . I am sure that the cloudy, opac lens do severely lessen the amount of light emitted through the lens. …”

“The contact owns a 1998 Ford Ranger. The contact stated that the windshield wipers worked intermittently. The dealer inspected the vehicle and found no failures. After the vehicle was purchased, the contact was informed of a recall for the electrical system. The NHTSA campaign id number was unknown. The failure mileage was 30,000 and current mileage was 45,000.”

“We have had nothing but problems with the door ajar light and dome light staying on, plus the wipers are irradic and the windows will sometimes go down on their own. It was fixed once and now it's has started doing the same thing again. It seems to me there are an awful lot of similar complaints out there on this very same item and I feel Ford should have to recall this vehicle to correct the situation. I called them and asked if this would be something they would fix seeing as it's one of their mechanical defects and they replied with a 'no'. …”

“The outside mirrors vibrate quite badly; it looks like you are looking at two or more vehicles at the same time. The mirrors have been replaced once already, but we have not noticed any improvement with the new mirrors, they vibrate almost as bad as the others and will get just as bad shortly!!!!!!!!! Also, we brought the '98 Ranger in for the problem of we had a list of 14 things that were wrong, (one of which was the mirrors). They fixed most of the things that were wrong with the truck, they also changed the mirrors, but, there is no improvement in the new mirrors, they vibrate also!!!!!!!! …”

“Clutch slave cylinder bolts came out knocking hole through transmition case.transmission cross member had to be cut out after speed nuts broke loose.heater failed three times.thermostat replaced twice didn't help.bolts holding cooling fan on came out.switch for dome light failed, and brake rotors warped.”